Sakchai Lalit, Associated Press
The coronavirus pandemic is not over. The trending Twitter hashtag #CovidisNotOver and fresh waves of outbreaks around the world have sent a strong message.
With increasingly transmissible COVID-19 variants including the delta and delta plus variants and the newer lambda variant becoming more prevalent and faltering vaccination campaigns, many places around the world are experiencing renewed outbreaks, reported the Deseret News.
Even previous pandemic success stories have begun to falter.
Seoul announced stricter lockdowns Friday after recording two consecutive days of all-time high case numbers, reported the Deseret News.
Australia has extended lockdowns as surges continue, reported CNN.
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Brazil Suspends $300M Covaxin Contract as Scandal Becomes Too Hot for Bolsonaro 30/06/2021
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi
Sao Paulo:In a major blow to Bharat Biotech’s plan to market Covaxin abroad, the Brazilian government on Tuesday suspended its contract to import 20 million doses of the vaccine in a $300-million deal with the Indian company. With the growing scandal around the contract closing in on Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian government is now in a complete damage-control mode to save the president’s skin in a multimillion-dollar case which is keeping this country fixated to TV news.